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When we decided to add a few laying hens to our small farm, we got busy with preparations. We purchased a very nice kit coop and placed it in a fenced in chicken run. We purchased a waterer, feeder and quality feed. Then I did what I normally do when we embark on some new farming adventure.

After weathering several tough budget cycles, the state is on track to end the current fiscal year next month with much better news to report.

Two weeks ago, the Office of State Budget Director said that April’s General Fund receipts – which drive the budget – brought in a little more than $1 billion, a high-water mark that had never happened in a single month before.

In honor and in memory of John Hoffman, an outdoors enthusiast, writer and former contributor to the Henry County Local, we’d like to re-run one of his columns, printed in the early fall of 1999.

While Hoffman wrote about all things outdoors from hunting and fishing to ammo and gun recommendations, he seemed to have a special affinity for bird hunting and fishing. And he relished sharing his knowledge and experiences with others.

The roll of wire mesh with straw that was taken (stolen) from the Defoe Cemetery.

The roll was returned to a cemetery board member. The board member says the person who returned it did not do so because he/she read of it in the Local, maybe his/her conscience got to bothering him/her.

Hundreds of thousands of young Americans are serving our military to preserve our way of life, and yet fewer and fewer of our citizens are participating in our democracy. May 19 is primary election day, when Kentuckians will be selecting candidates for governor, commissioner of agriculture and other constitutional officers.

Members of Henry County Farm Bureau hope every voter will make their voices heard by casting informed votes for our government leaders.

Congress faces a critical deadline, and time is running out. On June 1, 2015, three provisions of the USA Patriot Act will expire. The actions of the United States Congress between today and June 1 will affect the privacy and liberty of millions of innocent Americans.